Sunday, October 5
Well, we 7 gals from Lombard & Villa Park left Chicago on Sunday morning, and arrived in 75º NOLA and headed to St. Bernard Parish and Camp Hope.
Camp Hope is a former middle school, converted after Hurricane Katrina to a volunteer base camp for people who are helping to "rebuild 'da parish". Our room has 10 or 11 bunkbeds with real mattresses (but no comfort guarantee!) and AIR CONDITIONING!
After dumping our gear and getting Sandra settled in her hotel downtown, we walked the French Quarter. Highlights were street musicians and artists, great seafood po boy's, biengnets and coffee. We even got rained on a bit (Shaw's luck!).
We got back to Camp Hope and met Mr. John in the cafeteria, who informed us that Camp Hope is rumored to be haunted (but they 'won't hut cha'). Mary and Jeri slept by the door and protected us all--they slept like rocks. Deb Curtiss and Marian had a plan all set to tie the bedsheets together and escape out the window!
Thanks Jeri for doing the first blog post!
